SoIML Intercultural Mentoring and Leadership

Faculty of Education
Spring 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Markéta Košatková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. František Trapl, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. et Mgr. Markéta Košatková, Ph.D.
Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Supplier department: Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites
Studying/living abroad is a transformative experience that has the power to challenge our thinking and our perspective on the world.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The course will provide students with: - Intercultural communication skills - Intercultural mentoring and leadership - support the learning of intercultural knowledge - understand the value of the intercultural skill-set you acquire overseas
Learning outcomes
● understand the essence of intercultural communication; ● recognize the importance of the physiological and emotional layer of experience for the quality of intercultural communication; ● to recognize the importance of intercultural conflicts and focus on their effective solutions • students will be familiar with the intercultural literature, models, frameworks, and concepts used in intercultural development and training • students will be able to recognize and explain the multiple layers of an overseas experience • students will be able to articulate important intercultural skills and perspectives you have acquired/developed
Syllabus
  • - intercultural communication - source of cultural information or language learning - intercultural competence to future employers - intercultural conflicts and their effective solutions
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Culture and everyday life. Edited by Andy Bennett. London: SAGE, 2005, 1 online. ISBN 9781446219256. info
    not specified
  • Paige, R. M., Cohen A.D., Kappler B., Chi, J., & Lassegard, J. P (2006). Maximizing study abroad: A students’ guide to strategies for language and culture learning and use (Second Edition). Minneapolis, MN: Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquis
  • The Blackwell handbook of cross-cultural management. Edited by Martin J. Gannon - Karen L. Newman. Malden: Blackwell, 2002, xxiii, 509. ISBN 9780631214304. info
Teaching methods
class discussion, reading, online course
Assessment methods (in Czech)
written assignments (self-reflection, readings) work on key essays/documents that demonstrate students intercultural development
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hours per week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2018, recent)
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